Just wait for spellcrafting. I have a feeling it will fill in the missing parts of each class.

One of the major problems I woulds see happening with this though is that low level zones would become MAJOR ghost towns, since people would only use one character. They would need to add in a new system or something along with this to give the game re-play ability and give people incentive to redo quest content, but as a fun thing instead of forcing them to redo it just in order to have another class.

Lionxoft wrote: »

Just wait for spellcrafting. I have a feeling it will fill in the missing parts of each class.

Spell crafting is not what you think it will be.

They will be consumable scrolls.

SG_Celerrimus wrote: »

One of the major problems I woulds see happening with this though is that low level zones would become MAJOR ghost towns, since people would only use one character. They would need to add in a new system or something along with this to give the game re-play ability and give people incentive to redo quest content, but as a fun thing instead of forcing them to redo it just in order to have another class.

Well, I guess people doing the quest lines AGAIN are almost insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJeTFyijEK4

This was done and took 2 work day (around 16-20 hours), i was on holiday - so what? Its not really 'adding to replayability' no ghost towns is a fact in MMOs they become ghostier the older the game gets.

Also, ghost towns add to immersion (if u gonna say it doesnt) just look at this list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns_in_the_United_States

The main disadvantage I see to something like this is every time there is a gameplay/class rebalance people (particularly PvP players) will jump ship to whatever is the new OP class. There would be no real consequence to class choice and unless it was an extremely high gold fee (in the hundreds of thousands), long time players would not really feel the impact of a fee (It's not like there is a great deal to spend your gold on in this game so it can add up quickly).

If the fee was also not next to crippling you would have PvE players also switching for reasons including: the ease of beating a boss as a certain class, missing class needed for a raid/dungeon (quickly respec to tank then back to original class).

Particularly at higher levels, people need to have played and earned their rank. For example, how good would you think I was if I plowed through everything as a Sorcerer right now, made it to Vet ranks then wanted to switch to DK and tank Vet dungeons or a Templar to heal? I'd be a Vet level tank or healer with absolutely no experience. I would be a liability to my team mates.

To me this would circumvent the whole point of trying to establish good game play balance and people making a committment to their class.

ExiledKhallisi wrote: »

Lionxoft wrote: »

Just wait for spellcrafting. I have a feeling it will fill in the missing parts of each class.

Spell crafting is not what you think it will be.

They will be consumable scrolls.

You must not have watched the QuakeCon panel or the ESO OTR panel with Das Konk. They will be consumable scrolls/tablets however they will become permanently learned once you consume them.

"You can create new abilities that you can put on your hotbar and permanently have a part of your character." -Das Konk-

Watch at 48:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlOse0J9NrI

DAS KONK!

SG_Celerrimus wrote: »

So, I can see this idea being shot down REAL fast, but I thought I would /paste it onto the forums real quick.

What if ZOS added in the ability to change your class for a small fee? It would help keep the game open for people to do whatever they want, and add the ability to sorta see it all and do it all on one character.

The logic behind it is lets say I have a Dragon Knight, and I level that character up to v12 and now I suddenly want to play Sorcerer. What if I have my character study the magical ways of the sorcerer, learn how to become a sorcerer, then switch to being a sorcerer from being a Dragon Knight.

You learn how to play the class by levelling it, if you just change it via a service, then you can't play it properly. By the time you figure out all the ins and outs, well you could just have levelled one up from level one, and have two characters.

i would love a way to change class on my main but i have no idea how that would work as far as skill levels. it should reset to zero but how on earth would a player get enough exp to level up again. I also believe it should be very high gold cost and have a one time use to prevent swapping to each build of the month flavor

Problem with Swapping Classes is you will have to build up exp in the new class. Since you get no exp on lower level mobs, this will leave you weak until you have built things up again. And, which skills are you going to build up? Unless you have played that class on a similarly equiped character, there is a learning curve. Also, the better skills don't show up until higher levels, so there is that too.

I solve this by having different characters for each class.

ahvann wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

Problem with Swapping Classes is you will have to build up exp in the new class. Since you get no exp on lower level mobs, this will leave you weak until you have built things up again. And, which skills are you going to build up? Unless you have played that class on a similarly equiped character, there is a learning curve. Also, the better skills don't show up until higher levels, so there is that too.

I solve this by having different characters for each class.

The "problem" you mentioned isn't nearly as hard to deal with as you think and I believe many others would agree with me on that point.

-Vann

I agree , again not an issue , those that want to train those skills , would do so.

I trained dual wield just from vet10 to 12.

PS: Yes , it was at 1 and i started at vet10 , still managed to solo the game and train it no issues.

In the end , i can play pretty well with 0 weapon skills solo , so even when training the weapon and lvling the skills , i never really depended on them.

AlexDougherty wrote: »

SG_Celerrimus wrote: »

So, I can see this idea being shot down REAL fast, but I thought I would /paste it onto the forums real quick.

What if ZOS added in the ability to change your class for a small fee? It would help keep the game open for people to do whatever they want, and add the ability to sorta see it all and do it all on one character.

The logic behind it is lets say I have a Dragon Knight, and I level that character up to v12 and now I suddenly want to play Sorcerer. What if I have my character study the magical ways of the sorcerer, learn how to become a sorcerer, then switch to being a sorcerer from being a Dragon Knight.

You learn how to play the class by levelling it, if you just change it via a service, then you can't play it properly. By the time you figure out all the ins and outs, well you could just have levelled one up from level one, and have two characters.

Visited my baby sister (6) recently and she really wanted to play the "Fire Game". She called it the "Fire Game" because my DK had a flame staff and burning talons on the bar. I told her which keys did which abilities but she figured it out on her own. She ended up killing a NB in Cyrodil. Some classes just don't require you to learn the abilities.